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tombola, That’s Life and Loose Women’s Best Friend of the Year competition

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I don’t know what I’d do without my friends. They’ve been with me through thick and thin. We’ve shared wonderful experiences, including amazing holidays, and some pretty rough times too. Even though we live miles away from each other and are spread across counties and countries, we’re always in contact, and when we get together it’s like we’ve never been apart. I know I can always rely on them and I love them all to bits.

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Win a trip to see Frozen Summer Fun at Disneyland Paris! *closed*

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This summer, Disneyland Paris is going to be sprinkled with snow! From 1st June to 13th September 2015, guests can experience the magic of the hit film Frozen, joining Anna, Elsa and Olaf in live, interactive Frozen sing-alongs, and catching a glimpse of the sisters as they ride around the park in a twinkling carriage.

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Win a luxury family weekend in France with MyFerryLink *closed*

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Happy Monday!

It’s been really nice to see the sun this weekend, hasn’t it? If it’s made you crave a bit of sunshine, I’ve got just the thing. I’ve teamed up with MyFerryLink, the newest operator on the Dover-Calais route, to provide you with everything you’ll possibly need for a fantastic weekend (or midweek) break to France - a stay in the gorgeous Dolce Chantilly hotel, including breakfast, a family ticket to fabulous Park Astérix theme park where you can spend the day whizzing around on coasters, splashing around on water rides, and watching amazing live shows, and a return Dover-Calais crossing with MyFerryLink to get you there in style!

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Win one of two gorgeous mini hampers with Abra-ca-Debora pancakes! *CLOSED*

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So Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is coming up fast! The lovely chaps at Abra-ca-Debora make scrummy ready made pancakes, so even if you’re not in the mood (or simply don’t have time) to make your own pancakes, there’s no reason why you should miss out. Abra-ca-Debora do three different products: the plain ones are great for all sorts of things including savoury crepes, the sweet ones are perfect for drizzling with honey, or rolling up with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of sugar, and then there are some cute new fluffy little sweet ones, ‘diddy’ pancakes (known in Holland as poffertjes), which are fantastic for dipping in all sorts of lovely, sticky things.

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Win an overnight hotel stay and airport parking with APH! *closed*

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Often, the most stressful part of travel is getting to the airport. On my last trip, the flights were difficult to book and I ended up flying from Heathrow, but returning back to Gatwick. We always use APH meet and greet parking (I love being met at the airport by someone who whisks your car away leaving you free to walk straight into the airport, then magically returns it just as you walk out again after your trip) so I decided to drive to Heathrow, leave my car, then get an airport coach back from Gatwick on my return. APH were wonderful, and moved my car to Terminal 5, the nearest terminal, so I had the shortest journey possible to pick up my car again. I was delighted.

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Pot roasted garlic chicken - and win a Berndes casserole dish!

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If you’ve been in Tesco recently, you’ll have seen that they’re currently running a sticker promotion where you can save up to 70% on exclusive Berndes cookware products (collect one sticker for every £20 you spend - once you’ve collected five stickers you can use them to buy the discounted cookware. Tesco very kindly send me one of the casseroles to try. They’re wonderfully chunky and heavy - perfect for soups, stews and casseroles. I tried my hand at a little one-pot cooking:

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Giveaway: win one of two English Heritage family memberships *closed*

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What have you got planned this autumn? It’s the perfect time to get out and about, I always think - crunching through piles of golden leaves and wrapping up, getting out and discovering new places, all looking beautiful in their glowy autumn colours. To give you a bit of inspiration, I’ve teamed up with English Heritage to give two lucky winners a fabulous 12 month English Heritage family membership.

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A lovely giveaway for English Mum’s eighth birthday *closed*

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So this week, my little corner of the internet is celebrating its eighth birthday. Eight whole years of talking waffle! I was telling someone recently (in the manner of a very old lady) that when I started out, I knew most of the other ‘mummy bloggers’ out there. There weren’t very many and we all felt like friends, commenting on each other’s blog posts and actually meeting up in real life occasionally too! Read more

Giveaway: two ‘money can’t buy’ VIP tickets to Goodwood Festival of Speed

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So Europe’s largest motoring garden party, Goodwood Festival of Speed is coming up again shortly. We went to Goodwood back in 2011 (I just looked at the pictures - the boys look SO young!) and had an absolutely brilliant day. There are all sorts of amazing things to see - the famous hillclimb, displays, races, F1 teams and drivers, concept cars… you name it.

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Win a fabulous BBQ Essentials pack from Farmers Choice

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Woohoo! Summer really feels like it’s here today! The garden chairs are out and I was pottering in the garden, sipping fresh mint tea this morning at 7.30 in my shorts. Unbelievable.

As you know, I’m a huge fan of Farmers Choice - they’re a small, family run business selling nothing but great quality, free range meats from hand-selected farms across the UK. I’m delighted that they’ve agreed to run another giveaway with me. With perfect timing, the prize is their really wonderful BBQ Essentials pack, containing all manner of scrummy things like kebabs, burgers, chump steaks, drumsticks and chicken wings.

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